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When is it a good idea to stand and leave?

I was playing in a live holdem building. Five tables were full and I used the move option and table position at every opportunity the only thing I could not affect were the two hole cards dealt.
I moved to four of the five tables, my problem was getting cards I was willing to play or bluff with. I watched my money be ate up by blinds. I watched the players betting the maximum amount. My cards said fold fold fold, and the cards falling out on the flop, turn and river did not encourage me to play any harder than check or fold nothing I saw encouraaged me to bet or bluff. I watched over $75.00 get swallowed in small blind and big blind position. I had every encouragement to stop playing and leave all five tables. My question is when do you know its time to get up and stop the bleeding? When do you decide that there is not enough action happening to justify sitting here any longer? Needless to say I walked away frustrated unclear as to when I should have stopped? Does what I am trying to describe make sense? what are the other clues that I missed or was unaware of that would have made it easier for me to decide enough is enough I need to stop waiting for cards I can play, bet or bluff with. Go away and try it again another day?

#2

27th April 2016, 4:44 PM

PsychoVas [1,112]

Online Poker at: Pokerstars

Game: hold'em

I'm just a free-roller mainly,but I guess that at live poker you shouldn't move much. Getting to know how your opponents play is a valuable tool. That put aside, standing up and leaving is a matter of how much you are willing to invest. Pre-decide that and how much winning is enough, so you will have your cue.

#3

27th April 2016, 7:55 PM

MentalGameCoach [7]

You have to ask yourself. How long are you willing to sit and play without any real hands to play ? That is also connected to your strategy.
You're probably aware that you can get weak hands all night.
I see in what you wrote, some beliefs about the game and your expectations about it.
And one more thing. You were so caught up in thinking what was going on, that you missed the experience of the game. If you would be present you wouldn't be asking about other clues that you think, you missed.
Nobody but you can answer that question. Only you were there.

This depends on what your objective is. is your objective to have fun and you do not care if you lose money?

if that is the case then when you have lost as much as your comfortable losing, or when you get bored.

i Dont condemn losing players playing the game poker is a form of entertainment and if someone gambles with $50 a week people condemn it say the guy has a problem. but even for losing players sometimes they walk away with more then they started. if i go the cinema and spend $50 a week I will never get that $50 back.

yet no one says you have a cinema problem, funny that.

But of course you should never lose more then your comfortable losing or can afford so once you lose whatever your thresh hold is it is right to get out of there.

However if you are a professional or serious player and your objective is to make money from the game long term, then its a bit more of a question.

firstly you need to consider what mental state are you in? if you are upset angry stressed or tired, whatever caused this whether it was running bad at the table an argument with the wife or a bad day in the office you, you would need to ask is this effecting my play negatively?

the answer will usually always be yes the next question is, is the effect significant enough to make playing now negative ev?

the answer will not always be yes, the table may be bad enough compared to your ability to allow you to still have an edge. it is usually yes so get up and leave though.

now if your not in a negative mental state, whether its due to running bad does not affect you or your not running bad anyway, the next question becomes do I have an edge?

this is a tough question and can be hard to be honest with yourself but I find deep down most people know when there out classed or have an advantage at the table just search your feelings and be honest with yourself.

if you find its a tough table time to get up and leave there will always be other days and other games why burn money?

if you find you have an edge stay until the action stops or you no longer do.

other then that you have life commitments GF work college etc. which may also factor into this.

#5

27th April 2016, 9:07 PM

kalon breeden [3]

When the "get up and leave" thought crosses my mind 99% of the time I should! But as we all know it usually doesn't work that way! Got to win more!

#6

28th April 2016, 3:18 AM

Reelmookey [226]

Online Poker at: betonline

Game: holdem

depending on how much u start with there is many ways to sndwer this a good time is when you double up but on the special days whenevrything is just falling for you stick with it until you think u cant profit anymore

#7

10th May 2016, 11:42 AM

garouy85 [140]

Poker at: PokerStars

Game: Texas Holdem

when you see you lose a lot bad luck, or vice versa won many get up and go, Poker sometimes makes bad jokes

#8

10th May 2016, 12:55 PM

Shaetano [84]

Online Poker at: Pokerstars

Game: Holdem

re: Poker & When is it a good idea to stand and leave?

For me that's one of the biggest differences between live and online poker: the pace of live poker is much, much lower.
So if you keep the same range as online play it's possible that you won't get any action for the whole evening.
2 options i see here: